Box-fastener.



N0. 831,896. PATENTED SEPT. 25, 1906. F. Pl SHAW.

BOX FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11 1905.

UNITED STA llS PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 25, 1906.

Application filed November 11, 1905. Serial No. 286,886.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FLOYD P. SHAW, of Ventura, in the county of Ventura and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide a packing or shipping case the cover of which may be readily secured and removed and at the same time be perfectly free of all lateral displacement.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail. Fig. 4 is an end view with parts in section and parts broken away.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates an ordinary packing box or case, the end uprights 2 of which are extended slightly above the plane of the side and end boards.

3 is the cover, which is shown as formed in one piece, although it may be composed of a series of boards, since I preferably use cross bars or cleats 4, which are intended primarily to enable the cover to be readily lifted. This cover at its four corners is cut away to form spaces to accommodate uprights 2 and at the same time produce tenon-like ends which fit between the opposite faces of such uprights. A cut-out 5 is formed at the center of one end and a similar cut-out 6 in the other end, and in this latter cut-out is secured a plate 7, having a central perforation.

8 8 designate two clamps shown as consisting of strap-irons of approximately inverted-U shape, secured at their ends to the inner opposite faces of uprights 2 and proj ecting up sufiiciently above the planes of the ends of the box to receive and accommodate the tenon ends of the cover. One of these clamps is permanently secured in place, while the other is pivoted, the latter having an opening designed to coincide with the perforation of plate 7. At the center of the permanently-secured clamp is a stud or post 9, preferably secured by a nail or screw passed axially therethrough. This stud coincides with the cut-out 5 and tends, in conjunction with the end uprights, to prevent any lateral In practice in positioning or removing the cover the pivoted clamp is turned to one side, as shown in Fig. 2. In placing the cover in position that end having the cut-out 5 is first placed under the permanent clamp with its cut-out in line with stud 9. The pivoted clamp is then turned into its verticalposition, its horizontal portion extending over the upper surface of the cover and plate 7. To prevent tampering in shipping, this pivoted clamp is secured by a sealing-wire, as stated, or other suitable means may be employed for this purpose, the cut-out 6 allowing of the ready insertion of such wire. It will be noted that both the clamps are secured to the end uprights of the box and that by reason of the means herein described not only is the cover securely held as against lateral displacement, but the use of nails or screws for holding it is unnecessary. The ends of the cover are within the planes of the outer faces of the end uprights, and in consequence no portion of the cover projects outwardly beyond the body of the box nor are the ends of the clamps exposed. Hence the parts are not liable to be readily damaged or disarranged in travel.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination with the box, of the cover having tenon-like ends, clamps secured to said box within the planes of the sides thereof and designed to accommodate the tenon ends of the cover, one of said clamps being pivoted, and means engaging said pivoted clamp and the adjacent tenon end of the cover for locking said clamp and cover together.

2. The combination with the box having end uprights, of the cover having tenon-like ends designed to fit between said uprights, clamps secured to the inner opposite faces of said uprights and designed to' accommodate the tenon ends of the cover, one of said clamps being pivoted, and means for locking said pivoted clamp directly to one end of the cover.

3. The combination with the box having end uprights, of the cover having tenon-like ends designed to fit between said uprights, clamps secured to the inner opposite faces of said uprights and designed to accommodate the tenon ends of the cover, one of said clamps being pivoted and the other ri id, a stud or post arranged central-1y of the atter clamp, said cover having in one end a cut-out to accommodate said stud, and means for locking the pivoted clamp to the other end of the cover.

4. The combination With the box having end uprights, of the cover having tenon-like ends fitted between said uprights, each end having a central cut-out, a perforated plate secured over one cut-out, clamps secured to the ends of the box and designed to extend over the tenon ends of the cover, one clamp FLOYD P. SHAW.

Witnesses:

J. MrDDLEooFF, HENRY D. BARLAYE. 

